What’s the story behind your town name?

[MadisonBristol]

New Leaf is Adelaide. This is because Melba is my favorite villager. I originally wanted Melbourne, but that wouldn't fit. So it's Adelaide, from her Japanese name.

New Horizons is Bristöl. This is because I live in Bristol County.

 

[liquidvongel]

My first GC town was named Cancun, mostly because my mom suggested it when I asked her for a town name. This has been my go-to for village names over the years.
My other towns have been named Florida, Narnia, and after my hometown. These were just ones that randomly came to mind at the time.
Wild World had Po, Eastpo, and Westpo. I have no idea what Po came from; it's lost to time.

 

[Kaioin]

Mine's called Forest and pretty much has been since I played on the original Animal Crossing. No idea why, I liked the simplicity of it...I don't think about it too much.

In New Leaf, I had some additional towns called Starlight and Tundra.

 

[Seastar]

Since this is in the general section, I can just name all of my towns, right?

New Leaf- Popstar and Twinleaf. Popstar is the planet Kirby lives on. Twinleaf is a town from Pokemon Diamond/Pearl.
City Folk- Floralia and Onett. Floralia is the place Kirby is in for most of the game Kirby: Triple Deluxe. Onett is a town from Earthbound.
Wild World- Fourside. This is a city from Earthbound.
New Horizons- Sunyshore. This is a city from Pokemon Diamond/Pearl. Also yes, it is spelled that way in the games.

 

[Moon.dropps]

My NL town name, Fyreglo, is a corruption of "fire" and "glow". I was trying to come up with a cozy sounding name, and "Fireglow" was the only one I thought of. I thought the spelling was too basic, so I changed some of the letters around, and ~voila~, Fyreglo was born!

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Since this is in the general section, I can just name all of my towns, right?

New Leaf- Popstar and Twinleaf. Popstar is the planet Kirby lives on. Twinleaf is a town from Pokemon Diamond/Pearl.
City Folk- Floralia and Onett. Floralia is the place Kirby is in for most of the game Kirby: Triple Deluxe. Onett is a town from Earthbound.
Wild World- Fourside. This is a city from Earthbound.
New Horizons- Sunyshore. This is a city from Pokemon Diamond/Pearl. Also yes, it is spelled that way in the games.

Ooh, a fellow Pokemon Diamon/Pearl player! I love those games, and its soundtrack is AMAZING!

 

[Mr_Persona]

Well my towns that are Twilight, Hyrule, Tokyo, Altea, Kamiki, and Skyloft were all created because of Legend of zelda, Persona, Voltron, and Okami.
But my first town which was called Harmony before I lost the game data, it was named that because I wanted a town that was full of joy and beauty. Long ago I went on Miiverse and posted in the ACNL place, and wanted help with town name ideas. And someone gave me a list of names, and the first one that suited my idea and stood out was Harmony! So I named the town Harmony after that on October 1st in 2016, but then lost it on December 19th that same year xD

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I would like to share my town names story in WW and CF, but I can't remember the story behind those towns. Very long ago

 

[Holla]

For Wild World and City Folk I just named it after the town I live in in real life haha. I didn't have wifi back then so it wasn't really a problem as I never played either game online. Due to it being a small town I won't be sharing the name here.

For New Leaf my first and main town was Starbell. I thought it was a cute name that fit within the character limit. Also Bells in coin form have little stars on them.

My secondary town in New Leaf was called Moondust. It was my first attempt at a Sailor Moon themed town, but I never got very far with it as I had 700+ hours in my first town and was just burnt out on the game in general. The limited outdoor customization in New Leaf made doing a theme hard anyways.

Now in New Horizons my island is called Moon Prism. It takes advantage of the bigger character limit and is a much better name than Moondust. My Sailor Moon theme has really taken off this time and I couldn't be happier.

 

[Mr_Persona]

For Wild World and City Folk I just named it after the town I live in in real life haha. I didn't have wifi back then so it wasn't really a problem as I never played either game online. Due to it being a small town I won't be sharing the name here.

For New Leaf my first and main town was Starbell. I thought it was a cute name that fit within the character limit. Also Bells in coin form have little stars on them.

My secondary town in New Leaf was called Moondust. It was my first attempt at a Sailor Moon themed town, but I never got very far with it as I had 700+ hours in my first town and was just burnt out on the game in general. The limited outdoor customization in New Leaf made doing a theme hard anyways.

Now in New Horizons my island is called Moon Prism. It takes advantage of the bigger character limit and is a much better name than Moondust. My Sailor Moon theme has really taken off this time and I couldn't be happier.

Sounds like wonderful towns and island! And like the story behind with NL and NH. Is there like a thing that you can dream about someone's island in NH like NL? I don't remember if that was added in game.

 

[Plainbluetees]

Wild World: Hopetown. I have no idea what went through my head.

City Folk: Sunset. Once again, no idea what I was thinking.

New Leaf: Uly Park. I wanted something Swedish and I guess I thought “Uly” was good.

New Leaf #2: Eurasia. I guess I tried mixing Europe and Asia.

New Horizons: Guava Bay. I wanted something with “Bay” to match the deserted island theme and I thought Guava Bay rolled off the tongue well.

 

[Holla]

Sounds like wonderful towns and island! And like the story behind with NL and NH. Is there like a thing that you can dream about someone's island in NH like NL? I don't remember if that was added in game.

Yes it was added in an update! If you have an online subscription all you need is a bed inside your house. When you lay on it you have the option to go to sleep and that will take you to the dream world where you can visit/dream of other islands that people have uploaded.

 

[Mr_Persona]

Yes it was added in an update! If you have an online subscription all you need is a bed inside your house. When you lay on it you have the option to go to sleep and that will take you to the dream world where you can visit/dream of other islands that people have uploaded.

Okay ty for letting me know. My sister hasn't done that yet. So l don't know much with that. I might secretly go on her profile and visit your dream island.

 

[Radio]

Gamecube: Flower. I was 12 and apparently uncreative.

New Leaf: Fantasia. I just liked the way this word sounded, but also it kinda fit the town as I really had no idea what I was doing going into it and just made up decor themes in the house as I went along.

New Horizons: Anthem. I'd like for my town to be uplifting But also, my username I use for everything nowadays is Radio and anthems are generally a type of music. Music is played through the radio. Fitting connection imo.

 

[Katzenjammer]

I have a new island! !!! I've named it Sequoyah for two reasons (as I am part Choctaw, and my island rep original character is going to reflect this and will be the theme of the rep and island):

1. I love Giant Sequoia trees (redwoods) along with how it sounds as well as many memories of going to Sequoia National Park many times when I was younger. It's a very beautiful and amazing place.

2. Taken from Wikipedia: The State of Sequoyah was a proposed state to be established from the Indian Territory in the eastern part of present-day Oklahoma. In 1905, with the end of tribal governments looming (as prescribed by the Curtis Act of 1898), Native Americans of the Five Civilized Tribes—the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Seminole—in Indian Territory proposed to create a state as a means to retain control of their lands. Their intention was to have a state under Native American constitution and governance.

 

[AlyssaAC]

When I played Wild World, my town was named Sunshore. Not sure why I went with that, but it has a nice ring to it. If I remember correctly for City Folk, I came up with the town name, Winterel. I'm not even sure where that one came from either, but to me at the time it sounded cool. Then there was my New Leaf town name, which is Oceana. I love the ocean, so that's why I went with that one. Finally for New Horizons, my island name is currently Animal Bay. I wanted to take advantage of the new character limit. One name I came up with awhile back was Anibay, which was Animal Bay shorten, since before there was only the eight character limit. Now since we can have longer names, that's why I went with Animal Bay. I'm actually glad they gave us a couple more characters to use.

 

[SmoochsPLH]

the island and tropical themes of acnh made me think of the beach and beach boys and at the time i was listening to kokomo alot lol

as for acnl im a very hippie like person (not sure really how to phrase that) and peace sounded like a cute name. :3 my tomodachi island is named this too!

 

[deirdresgf]

i named my gamecube town is named inaka which is japanese for countryside. i thought it would be pretty!! my wild world town is named ochakai, which is japanese for tea party. i just thought it would be cute to use japanese words instead of english because I’m quirky like that
as for my new leaf town, it’s just named pikachu. literally no meaning at all whatsoever.
my new horizons town is named lilac pond. i thought lilac was a really pretty word and it’s my favorite color, too! i originally wanted it to be called lilac forest but it didn’t fit so I replaced it with pond.

 

[Korichi]

All these names are absolutely amazing!!!

I’ve never really been good with names, so I just always name my town Kitty, after my beloved cat, Kitty!

 

[LuchaSloth]

My town name in New Horizons is Astoria. I named it that because, well...I was laying in bed, and I looked over at my bookshelf for inspiration. I'm pretty bad with naming things to start games. I always get impatient because I want to play quickly. So, anyway...I looked at my bookshelf and there was a book there about John Jacob Astor's early expeditions in America...and that book was titled 'Astoria' as it were. So...I used that...because, it seemed...fine. Lol.

 

[eseamir]

my NH island is named redwood because my fiance and I are currently planning our wedding and the ceremony is going to be in a redwood forest!! I thought it was cute and would fit with the kind of rustic forrest vibe I was going for

 

[Sharksheep]

I don't remember what my Wild World town was called. It was probably something anime related like Seigoku from Prince of Tennis or Konoha from Naruto cause I am honestly drawing a blank on what else it could be. Maybe Hogwarts cause I was giant Harry Potter fan.

My New Leaf town name was Karasuno from Haikyuu!!

My New Horizon island name is Yarn Isle. It's a pun on yarn aisle because one of my hobbies is crochet.